According to the study, the monthly salary and allowances of a full professor in Kenya are an average of $2,200 compared with $4,900 in Rwanda, $3,200 in Tanzania and $ 1,150 in Uganda.

The researchers also collected evidence on what is paid by six top private universities in Kenya, and concluded that salaries and allowances by public universities are lower than those of other professionals.

Public universities in Rwanda and Tanzania pay higher salaries to lecturers than those in Kenya and Uganda, according to a study done by a group of experts appointed by a committee of all vice chancellors of public universities in Kenya early last year.
According to the study, the monthly salary and allowances of a full professor in Kenya are an average of $2,200 compared with $4,900 in Rwanda, $3,200 in Tanzania and $ 1,150 in Uganda.
The monthly salary and allowances of a full professor in South Africa, the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, and the country with the largest number of universities, is estimated at $3,500.
The study looked at the salaries in 2010.
The researchers also collected evidence on what is paid by six top private universities in Kenya, and concluded that salaries and allowances by public universities are lower than those of other professionals.Comparison
Citing a 2009 study on salaries in Kenya by audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, the report says that the highest paid CEO in the financial services sector earns a salary of Ksh3.9 million ($45,800) per month.
In Ethiopia a professor earns $864 a month, 23 times the country average. In the US professors are paid an average of $7,358, lower than Canada at $9485. In the UK academics are paid $5,943 on average.
Professors in Russia and China are nearly the lowest paid in the world, at $617 and $720 respectively per month.

I'm trying to explain something (the quality of education..) but I can't... what are we paying for? Are we paying for the education that the professors acquired or are we paying for the education they are giving out?

I'm trying to explain something (the quality of education..) but I can't... what are we paying for? Are we paying for the education that the professors acquired or are we paying for the education they are giving out?

As long as we have limited number of Professors, we have to pay them well to teach our children and do our research!! Kama nchi inaliwapa mishahara mikubwa lakini haijui jinsi ya kuwatumia, its not a professor's fault but the government policy.

It is not amazing therefore to see Professors rushing into politics where they get handsome payments. I'm told most of they do not dedicate their time to their employers. They spend a good chunk of their time working on research projects and on party-time lecturing. Definately, these salaries are just too little for one to make a living on. With these salaries, why should they not be bribed by well-to-do evening students? Hahahaha! I now understand why Prof X of University Y hates students from well-to-do families. Poleni sana Maprof kwani hata hiyo ya Tanzania sioni pesa yakumfanya mtu aishi kulingana na miaka aliyotumia kuupata uprof hapa.

I'm trying to explain something (the quality of education..) but I can't... what are we paying for? Are we paying for the education that the professors acquired or are we paying for the education they are giving out?

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This is a very important question. In fact it applies to every sector in Tanzania.

"In the US professors are paid an average of $7,358, lower than Canada at $9485. In the UK academics are paid $5,943 on average. Professors in Russia and China are nearly the lowest paid in the world, at $617 and $720 respectively per month."